Biggest Ever Black Hole Discovered in the Small Galaxy NGC 1277

Astronomers claimed that they have discovered the biggest ever black hole in the small galaxy called NGC 1277 which is situated around 250 million light years away from our planet. This galaxy constitutes the mass equal to 17 billion suns. The biggest ever black hole sits in the NGC 1277 galaxy in Perseus constellation.

This gigantic black hole forms around 14 percent of the mass of host galaxy. When compared with the 0.1 per cent of the usual black hole, this massive black hole adds the mass which is equal to 17 billion suns.

The NGC 1277 galaxy as well as many others would alter the theories about how these galaxies and black holes evolve. This galaxy is merely 10 percent of the mass as well as size of the Milky Way, the galaxy in which Earth is situated. Even though the size of NGC 1277 galaxy is small, but the gigantic black hole which sits in the galaxy is 11 times wider as the orbit of Neptune around the Sun.
 
A team member of the discovery at The University of Texas at Austin claimed that the galaxy is almost the black hole and possibly this was the first object in the genre of galaxy-black hole systems. Apart from this, the gigantic black holes were also observed in huge blobby galaxies known as ellipticals.

Astronomers observed that at the moment there were three mechanisms which explained association of black holes with the properties of their host galaxies. However which of these theories best explains the association is still under confusion. The primary issue is the lack of proper data. Astronomers merely have the mass of less than 100 black holes found in the galaxies. However, measuring the mass of black holes is time consuming and cumbersome at the same time.

Consequently, the astronomers have developed Hobby-Eberly Telescope Massive Galaxy Survey in order to know about the galaxies which are worth following up. Astronomers studied about 700 galaxies out of 800 using their telescope.